On July 11, the Delhi High Court dismissed the bail petition of Leena Maria Paulose, wife of conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar in a Rs 200 crore extortion case registered by the Economic Offence Wing of Delhi Police.
The Court also dismissed the bail petitions of two accused, Kamlesh Kothari and B Mohan Raj, in the same case. Sukesh Chandrasekhar, Leena Maria Paulose and others are presently in judicial custody since last year in the case for allegedly duping Aditi Singh, wife of the former promoter of Ranbaxy, Shivinder Singh, of Rs 200 crore.
Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma on July 11 dismissed all three bail petitions filed in the matter.
Paulose, who is presently in judicial custody, married Chandrashekhar in July 2014. She has been in jail since September 05, 2021.
While seeking bail in the case, her counsel had submitted before the court that most of the offences in the matter are bailable and that Paulose had no direct connection with the main offence alleged against Sukesh Chandrashekhar.
The counsel had also submitted that while the chargesheet in the matter has been filed and the investigation is complete, Paulose is also entitled to special protection under section 437 of CrPC being a woman.
The Delhi Police’s Economic Offences Wing September 2021 had arrested both Chandrasekhar and his actor wife, Leena Maria Paul, for their alleged role in the duping case.
According to the police, Kothari is a real estate agent who helped the couple buy a bungalow in Chennai and B Mohan Raj, a lawyer by profession and has been representing Chandrashekhar in his cases for a long time and was allegedly involved in their wrongdoing.
The Delhi Police Economic Offence Wing last year filed a chargesheet naming 14 accused, including Conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar, his Wife Leena Maria Paul and others. The Chargesheet was filed under various sections of IPC and provisions of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).
According to the EOW, Leena, Sukesh, with others used hawala routes, creating shell companies to park the money earned from the proceeds of crime.
Delhi Police’s Economic Offence Wing had registered an FIR against Chandrasekhar for allegedly duping the spouses of former promoters of Ranbaxy, Shivinder Singh and Malvinder Singh, of Rs 200 crores, besides ongoing investigations against him in several cases across the country.
According to the Prosecution, the Economic Offences Wing of Delhi Police extended its investigation into the case related to extortion of over Rs 200 crore by Rohini jail inmate Sukesh Chandrasekar for allegedly duping wives of former Religare promoters Malvinder and Shivinder Singh, who are currently in Tihar jail.
Investigations revealed that the accused, Sukesh Chandrasekar, had duped Shivinder’s wife, Aditi Singh and Malvinder’s wife, Japna Singh, worth several crores of rupees. The women claimed that they had paid crores of rupees to the conman to secure bail for their husbands and ensure their safety, posing as an officer from the Union Law Ministry.
Chandrasekhar and his associates allegedly took money from Aditi after posing as Government officials and promising to get bail for her husband. As per reports, Chandrasekhar persuaded Aditi to transfer money by impersonating a Central Government official over a spoof call while he was lodged in Rohini jail and promised to manage bail for her husband.
